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December 10th, 2014 - 07:01 AM

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Yesreel Valley

We went out today to see what we could photograph, I wanted to try my hand at doing landscapes, I have a good camera and used a 28mm lens. It was cloudy and there was a veil of fine mist in the air.

So I used Lightroom to bring out the colours and unveil the mist a little.

If you have not used Lightroom, its one of the best tools you can have to enhance your photographs and I highly recommend it.

Tips I would recommend when taking landscapes, for beginners, is to set your camera on Aperture priority, use F16, set your ISO to 100 or 200, and do not forget to set your white balance, depending on whether its cloudy or sunny.

When taking photographs, try and use a tripod. I normally hate them as it obscures my creativity, not being able to move around with the camera as I would want. Its a matter of preference. It also ensures sharper photographs.

Take a good look at the scenery, you want to create depth perspective in your photographs. Leading lines are a good start, different textures, light and shadow. Something unique that brings your pictures to life.

The photo is also interesting to me. I only noticed it after processing it. Something really interesting happened here. Its as if, and I can promise you, it had nothing to do with my processing, I merely enhanced the photo's colours and played with the light and shading to bring out the sky. When you look at the abandoned shed, the grass is lighter, as if the sun managed to shine through while the clouds covered most of the area around it. I think that made the photo very interesting.

The foreground texture (grass) separates the background of the photo, this enhances the three stages of the photo, i.e. foreground, background and sky. What also makes this photo interesting, is the line that connects the trees in the background. The eye is led from the shed and foreground to the back and to the sky, and from the sky back to the shed. It is also interesting to observe that the leading lines (that separate foreground and background), the shadow connecting the trees, and the grey mountain tops leads your eyes back to the shed, making the shed the focus point of the photo. I also love the tower in the back that points to the heavens. And like the first photo, its a play between green and grey-blue which dominates the photos.

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